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PaperOffice AI vs Parashift

CH IDP vs. EU platform: extraction, WORM and integrator terms in public — 1 access path for REST and MCP (parashift).

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At a glance

69ready document types
21invoice fields out of the box
up to 200custom fields
35output languages
from €6.00per 1,000 pages

Made for real business. Not for hype.

In the same account

More than extraction

Extract

AI OCR with bounding boxes — 69 types, fields with location.

from €6 per 1,000 pages
HITL review

Seamless in the job path — task and document also on mobile.

Web + Mobile
Sign

SES signatures from the same credit balance.

SES from the balance
WORM archive

Audit-proof filing and audit trail.

included

Comparison table

Parashift publishes tiers; the table shows the billing model (as of 09/2026).

Criterion	PaperOffice	Parashift
Bounding boxes (word/line level)	Yes (word/line level, Surya OCR)	n/a
Sandwich PDF / searchable archive PDF	Yes — searchable archive PDF	n/a
Click-to-evidence / visual validation (HITL)	Yes — click-to-evidence / HITL	n/a
Structured IDP fields (ready types)	Zero-shot: any document type, 120+ languages	400+ document types (vendor claim)
DMS/archive included (WORM, audit, legal hold)	Yes — WORM, audit trail, legal hold	no - external archive required
Native MCP server (tool count)	Yes — 300+ API/MCP Tools	no MCP server documented (as of 09/2026)
Self-service without cloud setup	Yes — token in minutes	Self-service start with trial account and chat-based document-type configuration; production rollouts usually run as a guided project.
Pricing model	One credit balance for all features: from €6.00–€60.00 per 1,000 pages by quality tier	Annual subscription with transaction/volume-based tiered rates; terms of 12-60 months, support plans priced separately.
List price per 1,000 pages	Basic €20.00 / Premium €60.00 / Ultra €200.00 per 1,000 pages (2/6/20¢)	on request — Vendor publishes no list prices, as of 08/2026
Billing	from €6.00 per 1,000 pages (Elite) — same scale on every tier	n/a

Source: https://parashift.ai/en/pricing/, retrieved 09/2026. Prices may change.

Vendor publishes no list prices, as of 08/2026

Parashift is a trademark of its respective owner. PaperOffice is not affiliated with or endorsed by Parashift. Competitor details are based on publicly available sources (as of 08/2026) and are provided without warranty.

Pricing model with qualification tiers

Our prices are public — including partner terms.

Unit: Price per 1,000 pages

Tier	Elite Partner (−70%)	Partner (−40%)	Enduser
Basic	€6.00	€12.00	€20.00
Premium	€18.00	€36.00	€60.00
Ultra	€60.00	€120.00	€200.00

Billing is internal in credits; amounts follow the selected currency (base: list price).

Elite terms after qualification — criteria and program are public: Pricing · Partner program

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When is Parashift the better choice?

For enterprise IDP with a Parashift focus and an existing project setup, Parashift can be the more specialized choice — especially in ongoing rollouts.

When an API/MCP stack with DMS without a large project matters, PaperOffice is the better fit.

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Key differences

Parashift

Parashift: extraction specialist. The result stays in that product context.

PaperOffice AI

Document platform with API: result in the archive, one credit balance, hosted in the EU, MCP for AI agents.

Three decision axes

What happens to the result?

The result from Parashift stays in that product context. PaperOffice keeps extraction and archive on the same document.

Contracts & billing

Sales-led, no public per-document prices; Swiss vendor (Zurich, 2018), 400+ preconfigured document types, Everest PEAK Matrix Aspirant 2026. With PaperOffice result, archive and further processing live in one account with one credit balance.

Where do your data run?

Parashift returns the result in its own product model. PaperOffice runs its own EU servers and files the result in an audit-proof way.

Integrated in minutes

Copy llms-full.txt
https://api.paperoffice.ai/latest/docs/llms-full.txt
Paste into Claude, Cursor or your agent
Say what you want to build — the agent delivers the finished integration.

Or connect directly: MCP server for Claude, Cursor and ChatGPT →

Integrate manually (Python)

Invoice extraction

curl -X POST "https://api.paperoffice.ai/latest/job/add/workflow" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer po_sk_xxx" \ -F "file=@./invoice.pdf" \ -F "model=premium" \ -F "idp_collection=invoice" # danach job_result pollen (job_id aus Response)

import requests api_token = "po_sk_xxx"
file_path = "invoice.pdf" create = requests.post( "https://api.paperoffice.ai/latest/job/add/workflow", headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {api_token}"}, files={"file": open(file_path, "rb")}, data={"model": "premium", "idp_collection": "invoice"},
)
print(create.json())

Sample response (truncated)

{ "status": "success", "job_id": "job_…", "result": { "fields": { "invoice_number": "…" } }
}

Full parameters: llms-full.txt / Postman.

FAQ

Is PaperOffice a Parashift alternative?

Yes. PaperOffice AI can be evaluated as an alternative to Parashift — along extraction, processing on own servers in the EU, DMS/WORM and MCP, API-first.

What does PaperOffice cost compared to Parashift?

Basic 2¢, Premium 6¢, Ultra 20¢ per page — PaperOffice’s price list is public. Parashift also publishes tiers; the table shows the billing model.

What specifically sets Parashift apart from PaperOffice?

Parashift primarily solves the core job described on this page. PaperOffice keeps extraction, archive (WORM), permissions, HITL and MCP on the same document — with a public per-page price list.

How do I migrate from Parashift to PaperOffice?

Typical cutover from Parashift: send the same files to PaperOffice workflows (e.g. idp_collection=invoice), run in parallel, then cut over. llms-full.txt: job/workflow.

Where is data processed — differently from Parashift?

On our own servers in the EU — including audit-proof filing and an audit trail. Where Parashift processes data is documented by the vendor.

Which extraction types does PaperOffice cover versus Parashift?

Ready IDP pipelines (incl. invoice) plus DMS/HITL/MCP versus Parashift — not raw extraction only. Fastest with llms-full.txt.